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The other day we went to see an apartment for sale at Hillview Regency near Bukit Batok. Drove in, security said park at Level 4 mscp, turned right couldn't find it... hundreds, literally HUNDREDs of empty lots so just parked. After that, one guard straightaway come up and said park at multi-storey - so lan lan got back in the car to drive to the other tower side and found the mscp. Already late for the appointment, but nevermind. Went to Level 4, it was full, but all the other storeys not full so I park on level 2. Guess what? They bloody wheelclamp my car and then in the end even after all the argument made us pay $107!!! [rifle] Want to shoot that fat lady manning her post - rude as well. She forced us literally by EXTORTION means saying that if we wanted our car back, we'd have to pay, no choice lorrr...GRRR what would you do? even if you had a lambo or type R, got to pay still got to pay. Make matters worse, only pay by cash... agent offered to fetch us to the ATM, cuz we didn't carry large notes with us. The RE agent also couldn't believe how stupid the security is.... this is the best way to chase off buyers. Guess what, the STUPID condo has got 82 units up for SALE. Don't ever buy from this LOUSY condo with such shitty pighead idiots running the show. Never met such a dumb condo security.

Should HDB or Town Council provide security to monitor our car parks against vandalism and break-ins since we are paying monthly season ticket? Thieves smash into 7 cars in HDB carpark Several car owners in Telok Blangah Crescent woke up yesterday morning to find the rear windscreens and side windows of their vehicles smashed, and CashCards and other valuables missing. The thefts happened early yesterday morning at Block 23A, a multi-storey carpark in Telok Blangah Crescent. Seven cars parked on the first floor were hit. They included makes like Toyota, Honda and Kia.

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My lap top trial mcafee security centre period has ended and I'm currently looking for a replacement. What is your recommendation ? Is AVG(free) version any good ? Thanks.

Just to share my encounters with crappy security when I visited a few friends at their Condos recently. Really lousy standard. Think back also want to laugh

i intend to setup security camera at my hdb flat, does anyone has any vendor recommendation? basically, my criteria is: - view the camera from internet - record the activities into a storage device, preferably not into computer.

Look what some drivers are leaving exposed Vehicle break-ins are up by 15%, but S'poreans are still blase about security THE police have reminded motorists time and again against leaving valuables in plain sight when they park and leave their cars. Posters in carparks remind motorists: 'Have you locked your vehicle? Did you leave any valuables behind?' But motorists here remain cavalier about preventing theft from their vehicles, although it takes little more than ensuring that valuables are locked away in the boot or, at the very least, not left on the seats or floorboards. Police figures indicate a sharp rise in the number of vehicle break-ins: Between January and March, 465 vehicles were hit, about 15 per cent more than in the preceding three months. There were 1,568 car break-ins last year - four a day. Only 196 people were arrested. Last week, two men were nabbed on suspicion of breaking into more than 200 vehicles. Homing in on unattended goods vehicles, the duo netted $20,000 in loot in a year. A Straits Times check on more than 500 parked cars in Toa Payoh, Bishan, Serangoon and Commonwealth found one in six with something valuable left on the seats. These included sunglasses, designer bags, briefcases and cellphones. Drivers guilty of this said dismissively that it was easier to leave things lying around than to stow them in the boot. Mr Stanley Tan, who was in a multi-storey carpark in Bishan, was nonchalant about putting his $160 Crumpler bag 'with nothing valuable in it' out of sight, despite being warned that thieves might smash the windows of his Nissan Sunny to get it. The 21-year-old, who is waiting to enter university, said: 'If they want to smash, let them smash, lah!' Even former victims of car break-ins did not seem chastened. Mr Ow Chun Choy, 59, lost a CashCard with $30 in it to a car thief just five months ago, but he was spotted leaving his CashCard in the in-vehicle unit (IU) at a carpark in Serangoon. The factory owner put it down to inconvenience: It is troublesome to keep removing and re-inserting the CashCard, especially with more Electronic Road Pricing gantries in operation these days. Delivery driver Cledwyn Chim, who also left his CashCard in his delivery van in Toa Payoh, believed that car thefts happened only after dark. 'This won't happen to me because I don't leave it in overnight,' he said. Some do play it safe. Delivery supervisor Dennis Ong, 44, who lost $2,000 worth of copper wires from his van early last year, said he now tries to park in busier, more brightly lit areas. Aside from the loss of the wires, the company he worked for had to pay $100 to replace the cut rubber gasket and rear window of the van. Mr Ong said: 'It would help if there were more closed-circuit television cameras in the carparks.' The police keep reminding motorists that the best course of action is to put valuables out of sight. As technical officer Veloo Vengadasalam, 58, said: 'The public is also at fault if they invite trouble.' A Straits Times check on 527 vehicles in carparks across the island found 95 to have valuables inside - that translates to about one in six drivers. Here are what some people left in the backseats of their cars: VIDEO CAMERA

Abstract from CNA "On the same issue, opposition MP Chiam See Tong asked why tracker dogs were not used in the manhunt. Mr Wong replied that he is not an expert on tracker dogs and he could only inform the House based on what he has been told by the professionals. He said: "The moment the escape was discovered, the guards turned out and searched the area, with lots of people on the ground. I was advised by professionals that in those situations, no value would be added by tracker dogs. I was also told that tracker dogs were deployed in certain locations in the vicinity of the Whitley Road Detention Centre." However, Mr Wong added that he would pass Mr Chiam's views and knowledge about tracker dogs to the police and let them assess whether it would indeed be beneficial to use them in such situations." everybody knows that tracker dog capability and those "professionals" think no value added, are they buying mobile phone packages looking out for VAS (Value added service)? Despite the trainings these "professionals" underwent and the amount of tax payer money spent, these "professionals" ought to be fcuk by the tracker dogs, eat dog poo and clean kennels.

April 15, 2008 JI escape: One blot should not mar good work, says Jaya By Zakir Hussain THE escape of Jemaah Islamiah (JI) leader Mas Selamat Kastari from detention has understandably resulted in public criticism of Singapore's security agencies. But Deputy Prime Minister S. Jayakumar yesterday cautioned against letting this one incident overshadow the bigger picture: what he described as the truly outstanding work of the Home Team and Internal Security Department (ISD) in keeping Singapore safe. 'Since 1966, men and women from the ISD have dedicated themselves to fighting threats to Singapore's domestic security,' he said, citing groups such as the Japanese Red Army, the Tamil Tigers, and more recently, the local JI network. Indeed, had the JI's plans for several bomb attacks here not been exposed in time, 'Singapore would have suffered disastrous consequences', he said. Mas Selamat, who led the Singapore JI network, fled in the aftermath of the 2001 crackdown. He was nabbed in Indonesia and handed over to the Singapore authorities in 2006. His escape from the Whitley Road Detention Centre on Feb 27 sparked a manhunt. Professor Jayakumar, who was Home Affairs Minister from 1985 to 1993, also noted the warning issued by the Provisional Irish Republican Army after its bombing of a Brighton hotel in 1984 failed to kill then British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. The group said: 'Today we were unlucky, but remember we only have to be lucky once. You will have to be lucky always...' These chilling words came back to him, he said, because Mas Selamat's escape was threatening to make people forget the good work that the ISD had done over the years. The escape was a blot on its copybook, and even more so than the public, ISD 'must feel keenly' the seriousness of the setback, he said. 'But the ISD officers have not been paralysed or demoralised. They are as determined now as they were seven years ago when they first identified the JI threat and took prompt action... 'They have continued working patiently and resolutely with the detainees, their families, and the Malay community. These are crucial yet delicate tasks, and the officers deserve our full support.' Prof Jayakumar, who is also Coordinating Minister for National Security, was speaking at a conference of security officials organised by the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) and the National Security Coordination Secretariat. Noted RSIS dean Barry Desker: 'Precisely because no society can be impervious to attack, we must focus on resilience. It's not how or how often you fall that matters, but the getting up again.' [email protected] there's no doubt abt ISD, even with drug busting groups.. but why the snr minister mention luck? dun think their paycheck was benchmark against luck...

With the current topic of the escaped JI leader being HOT news all around the world, US security experts are relooking into how they should make the common tiolet bowl more secured in detention centres. From Guantanamo Bay to unspecified locations of US detention centres around the world, no escapee has ever attempted and succeeded to escaped, as what had happened in Sillypore....in what US official termed as a 'truly impossible feat'! Top research personnel are now relooking into how to revolutionise the common tiolet bowl in security centres to a level not seen since the humble bowl was first invented. Not wanting to sound as being desparate for a better solution, the experts are not putting off the idea that ppl should start to relook as to how cavemen first started to 'do his business' as they bluntly put it. Who knows they added..'we might have missed or removed something important thru the millions of years of evolution to the present modern day tiolet we know of!

Anyone tried putting security films like Llumar film, or Eclispe film from Wishwerks? What is the price like for MPV? These type of film seems rather useful according to videos. Was told that these film can be installed on top of your solar film, as security film don't offer heat rejection. Thinking of putting one, but can't find any website for Llumar in Singapore. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVeUmUx925k&feature=related

1. Lately, I read about someone car was kena scratched and he was looking at installing an in car CCTV. 2. So far, my car was scratched once but that was in Malaysia. I spent $400 to respray the doors. I thought most of the time, these inconsiderate souls would only go after blackies or the dark coloured ones but I was wrong. That was the only time that i didn't bring along my GTS, which suppose to alert me via sms that moment the car felt an impact. Moreover, I just parked my car directly behind the restaurant I was dining in. I suspected, the thief wanted to steal my car, after seeing my 4 locks, he got frustrated and "marked" my car . 3. On the otehr hand, it was discussed that it takes time and money to bring the culprit to court. When time is more precious. some would choose not to go through hassles to make visits to lawyers office or to court and respray it at their own cost. 4. Having said that, I do appreciate the use of the camera to capture accident scenes. I saw one cheap one on sales somewhere that points to the road infront. It is fixed len kind so unable to rotate. It will be good to find one that is able to "look" at all angle7s and yet double up as a surveillance camera when parked. It was quoted in the thread that it isy $400 with installation? I thought some are selling as high as 4 digits? 5. How about those alarm system that you can scold the thief or cultprit from your handphone? Anyone installed it before? 6. How about car DNA? Anyone sprayed it to their cars? Regards, Regards,

Taken from http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/printfriendly...,139474,00.html What kind of security system can make the car stall after the robber robbed you of your key and drove your car away? Armed robbery foiled when car stalls IT was his morning routine to take a stroll to buy the newspapers. 22 August 2007 IT was his morning routine to take a stroll to buy the newspapers. But on Sunday morning, the walk turned into a ride of terror for retiree Goo Tiam Chye, 69. He was abducted and assaulted by four men, who then raided his Johor Baru home and tied up his wife and two children, reported The Star. The robbers then took Mr Goo along on a high-speed chase, with the police hot on their trail. Gunshots were fired. The robbers were foiled only when the anti-theft system in Mr Goo's Proton Perdana kicked in, and the car - which they had tried to get away in - stalled by the roadside. Mr Goo, who was in the other getaway car, a Proton Wira, was later dumped at an undisclosed location. He suffered head and leg injuries. China Press reported that Mr Goo was on his way home with the papers when he was stopped by the four men. They forced him into their car at knifepoint and demanded that he hand over the keys to his house. When Mr Goo refused, they hit him, and he had no choice but to give in. The robbers then drove him home, where three of them stormed in and tied up Mr Goo's 60-year-old wife and two children in their 20s, who were asleep at the time. They ransacked the house and grabbed about RM3,000 ($1,300) in cash, jewellery and handphones. The men also demanded the key to Mr Goo's Proton Perdana. Just as the robbers were planning to make their getaway in both the Wira and the Perdana, a police patrol car arrived. They refused to stop even when the police fired at them. But a few minutes into the chase, the Perdana came to a stop. While three of the suspects managed to get away, one was arrested on the spot. State CID chief Senior Asst Comm Roslan Ahmad confirmed the arrest of a man in his 30s. Mr Goo, whose son, Mr Goo Sin Kok is the Gelang Patah MCA public complaints bureau deputy chief, has been warded in the Sultanah Aminah Hospital for observation. The MCA official, however, was not in the house at the time of the robbery. One of his brothers who was tied up managed to free himself with a penknife and released the other brother and their mother after the robbers had fled. But it was their alert next-door neighbours who called the police. According to China Press, Mr Liang Shao Hua was just about to leave for his workplace in Singapore when he spotted two men outside his neighbour's home behaving suspiciously. He woke up his two sons, and they observed what was happening from their window, before they decided something was up and called the police. The police are still looking for the remaining three suspects.

Hi dudes, need to get a few such decals to paste on the windows of my car as I have vandals lurking near my neighbourhood. Anyone can kindly tell me where to get it?

(this was posted in other forum page) Wednesday January 10, 2007 Car number plates to be controlled items By SIM LEOI LEOI [email protected] PUTRAJAYA: Car number plates will become a controlled item and will be distributed and sold only by authorised dealers appointed by the Road Transport Department (JPJ) once the e-plate system comes into effect. Transport Minister Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy said once implemented, the e-plate, which uses a microchip with Radio Frequency Identification, would become available to everyone buying new cars.

Found the news on WindingRoad website...... Any Mazda3 owners care to comment what is the situation in Singapore? Did the local agent say anything on this issue? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unusual Knock On The Mazda3

Do you guys remove the Skoda badge on the remote key? Reason being that there is too few Skoda car around. Hence, if we happen to drop the key, it is very easy for anyone to locate where the car is and drove it off. What do you guys think?

Recently my father went to Kuala Lumpur to do some renovation works for some condo. He drove his new toyota wish there. During that period of time, he was staying at some apartment (not condo). Every night, he will park his car at the carpark just beside the apartment, with the those big big kind of steering lock. One fine night some thief went to pull out the right signal light at the side of the car (the one at the driver's door) and connect the wire such that the car alarm system will not ring if the thief were to unlock the door from inside. Luckily the alarm was fixed in Singapore, and the Singaporean company connected the wire through another route. The thief smashed the triangular glass at the driver's side.. i mean the small triangular glass on top of the signal light. My father assummed that the thief was trying to open the car from inside. But sibei heng.. the car alarm rang and woke my father up. He looked out of the window but the thief zhao liao. After that my father brought the car back to singapore to repair.. and it is ard 180 dollars i think the windscreen is more worth smashing . He wanted to install a more secure alarm system.. and so asked me to ask around here lah.. so does any bros here know of any good anti-theft systems? Like those that use special stuff to start the car engine? But price must be acceptable also.. Thanks in advance

Hi there, 1. I'm contemplating to install an aftermarket sunroof to my ES5 after weighting the pros and cons. 2. One current concern I've is what if someone smashed the sunroof? Can current alarm system be reconfigured to detect intrusion or I've to use a seperate alarm system to detect the intrusion? Please advise me. Thank you. Regards,

Dear friends, Asking behalf of my friend... Anyone heard of any remarks or experience of the above system? Posted in Car General but no response. Hope to hear something from you guys. http://www.cispro.com.sg/gsm%20car%20alarm.htm Actually, I am quite curious about it too.

For a car which just a so-called stock car alarm system (remote lock and unlock and siren warning of illegal entry if alarm is not deactivated), which aftermarket car alarm would be recommended? Not above $400 possible? What basic things should one look out for in such an aftermarket car security system?

Any brudder here tried the Llumar security film? Heard that it is very strong. You can wack and wack with a sledgehammer and the glass still won't break! " LLumar is the world

New high tech anti-theft system. http://www.big-boys.com/articles/trunkmonkey.html

Neat and smart security feature.... think whoever that comes out with this idea is really genius!! Simpler than we thought!! http://www.howstuffworks.com/question282.htm